NCNA Heads And Tales: Vol.34 No.2, May 2015

NCNA HEADS AND TALES

The Official Publication of the
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION

Mission Statement
To Promote and To Serve Northern California Numismatics

One-Hundred-Thirteenth (113') Issue

May 2015
Volume XXXIV, Number 2

Editor
Michael S. Turrini

Contacts
Post Office Box 4104, Vallejo, California 94590-0410
EMPERORI@juno.com
www.solanocoinclub.com

“Things Do Not Change; We Change.”----Henry David Thoreau

2015—2016 NCNA EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Fred G. van den Haak------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ President
Jon-Maria Marish---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First Vice-President
Lloyd G. Chan---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Second Vice-President
Donald L. Hill-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Secretary
Michael S. Turrini--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Treasurer

DEADLINE FOR THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTHEEN (114'") ISSUE---------------------- August 1"

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

In recent months, my wife and I have been extremely busy with family matters. Out oldest
daughter is getting married next month and massive amounts of time is required for the
planning and preparations. Over 140 guests are expected including one each from Australia
and England. Additionally, our youngest daughter is now engaged so another wedding is in
our near future. As parents, these are very happy times however, our children are soon to start
a new faze in their lives and it brings us joy that each has a career and soon an additional
family relationship to forge a life on their own. We worked hard to properly raise and educate
both “our girls” and this is the fulfillment of our dreams and hopes as parents.

I would like to remind you that nominations may now be made for the 2015 “Ron Miller
Award”, and should be sent in writing (received no later than June 30, 2015) to my address
below. Additionally, | would like to again remind members that the N.C.N.A. Board of
Directors has established the “Gordon Russell Donnell Award”. This award will consist of a
bronze medal with an image of Gordon on the obverse and a blank reverse, suitable for
engraving the award recipient name. These medals are now available for distribution based on
request by member Coin Clubs. This award is somewhat unique for the N.C.N.A., as it will be
offered to N.C.N.A. member Coin Clubs (Max. 2 per year), to recognize “their” Club members
who hopefully share the enthusiasm, ideals and numismatic spirit as exemplified by the late
Gordon R. Donnell. This may be a very attractive way to recognize Coin Club members who
have made significant contributions to the benefit of member Clubs or to our hobby in general.

At this time I would like to recognize our Treasurer Michael S. Turrini for his outstanding
efforts to get high quality speakers for our Second Annual California Numismatic Seminar
which will be held on September 26, 2015 in the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. It has
been quite a long time since such a significant numismatic group of speakers have been
assembled for a seminar. Our sincere thanks as well for all the Patrons and sponsors who help
to make this event possible. Elsewhere in this issue of N.C.N.A. Heads and Tails are all the
specific details of the speakers for the seminar.

Included with this and all issues of “Heads and Tails”, is the updated N.C.N.A. Coin Show
listing. This is provided as a service to our members. If your Coin Club has a Coin Show,
please contact me as soon as possible to be included in our listing. Local Coin Clubs, along
with State and national numismatic organizations often depend on income from their Annual
Coin Shows for a majority of their operating budgets. Additionally, youth programs, coin
hobby promotion events, journals and Club bulletins and educational programs to support our
coin collecting hobby are often all dependant on funds generated by Coin Show activities.

Please Note: Commercial Shows are now allowed on our Show List, provided that the show
promoter is a N.C.N.A. member. As such, the member is allowed to list one Show per year.
Additional shows may be listed but will require a $15 payment per Show listed. Your
N.C.N.A. Board is hopeful of additional innovative initiatives to improve the services we
provide our hobby. I can be contacted via e mail: fredvdh@ gmail.com , or by writing to P.O.
Box 60484, Palo Alto, Ca. 94306-0484. Phone number: 650-380-4181

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Fred G. van den Haak
(2) May 2015

MINTMASTER’S QUILL: An Editor’s Prerogative
My Friends:

Recently, there have some cursory thoughts and simple suggestions----nothing formalized and
certainly nothing in a solid proposal----that our Association, the Northern California Numismatic
Association (NCNA), merge with the California State Numismatic Association (CSNA), and with our
neighbors, the Numismatic Association of Southern California (NASC), and create a comprehensive
singular statewide organization.

While the concept may have validity and might have advantageous, and while as a CSNA Past
President and devotee plus a forty (40) year CSNA Life Member concerned with CSNA’s future, | must
offer my objections and state these candidly to our NCNA Members and others.

First, there can be no argument that a comprehensive statewide organization, uniting the three
organizations, could accomplish much; however, the honest fact is that our Association was conceived
over fifty years ago because its Founders perceived that CSNA had failed ‘the North’ and ‘Northerners’.

True, a half century has passed, and times and personalities have changed; but, to some this very
day, there is still this perception.

Second, the objective of NCNA for thirty (30+) plus years was to organize and to present an
exemplary multi-day convention and show, and for years, at the long-gone Jack Tar/Cathedral Hill Hotel,
its convention and shows were a mainstay of national numismatics.

On the other hand, CSNA has fluctuated in its presence here in northern California, and this
observed fact has not been appreciated around northern California.

Third, our Golden State----unlike Michigan, Texas, or Florida, all of which have superior and
active statewide organizations----is too large, too distant in travel and traffic, and too diverse in
demographics, and the two currently existing regional organizations seek to overcome these obstacles.

There are certainly other arguments, and this summary here is not complete. Equally, there are,
for sure, strong and solid arguments for, and this NCNA HEADS AND TALES issue, in open and

transparent thought, has been shared with current CSNA President Howard O. Feltham, who is warmly
invited to reply and to retort.

Needless to say, as there have been changes in the past decades and certainly changes in the
future decades, at this point in time, NCNA, our Association, has developed its own niche: support via its
Website, its Coin Show Schedule, its esteemed recognitions, ‘The Miller Medal’ and ‘The Donnell
Award’, and its newly imitated annual California Numismatic Seminar, all these enhancing and advancing
numismatics here and around northern California.

Closing, those services itemized above would be more than enough to justify our Association,
NCNA, continuing independently and like NCNA HEADS AND TALES Mission Statement states: ‘To
Promote and To Serve Northern California Numismatics’.

“Neither A Wise Man Nor A Brave Man Lies Down Tracks Of History To Wait For
The Train Of The Future To Run Over Him.”----Dwight D. Eisenhower

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GOLD MINER DIGGINGS: NCNA News and Happenings

2015 Seminar

Second Annual
CALIFORNIA NUMISMATIC SEMINAR

Saturday, September 26, 2015
Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum

734 Marin, at Capital, in downtown Vallejo, California

Registration Opens: 9:00 AM
Theme: ‘Tales From The Vaults’
Free Admission and Ample Parking----Door Prizes
Free Admission To Museum
California State Numismatic Association (CSNA) Library Open

Five Presenters:

Paul R. Johnson, Unionville, Ontario, Canada
Executive Secretary for the Royal Canadian Numismatic Association (RCNA)

‘Memories and Events From Fifty Years With Numismatics: A Canadian Perspective’

Edgar D. Fulwider, Pacifica, California
Retired Senior Die Setter for the San Francisco Mint (‘S-Mint’)

‘Tales From The S-Mint Vaults In Striking Proof Coins’

Dr. Robert J. Chandler, Lafayette, California
Retired Wells Fargo Bank Historian and Noted Western Scholar and Author
‘Those Golden Tales and Stories’

Doubleheader:

Clifford L. Mishler, Jola Wisconsin

Retired NUMISMATIC NEWS Editor and Publisher and

David C. Harper, Iola, Wisconsin

Current NUMISMATIC NEWS Editor and Publisher

‘A Half Century Of Hobby Insights From The ‘Catbird’s Seat’’

As can be read, this year’s Seminar has an outstanding lineup, and each presenter is a recognized
authority and has a record of excellent presentations. Paul is flying in from Canada, and he has
spoken before, twice, at the California State Numismatic Association’s (CSNA) Educational
Symposiums. Ed is well-known around northern California numismatics, and he is coming out
of retirement to present his topic. Robert has been a presenter before, and he is an avid and
active researcher plus an enthused speaker. Lastly, for the first-time ever, Clifford, retired Editor
and Publisher, and David, current Editor and Publisher, for NUMISMATIC NEWS, will joint in

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a doubleheader dialogue. The full-day event shall certainly entertain and educate. These five
presenters have been confirmed and scheduled. The listing is the order of presentation with the
first two, Paul and Robert, before lunch break.

The final presenters, Clifford and David, will engage in a dialogue with each other, reviewing
their collective experiences, and welcoming questions from those in audience.

All presenters would enjoy questions from those attending, and all are intended to be present
throughout the Seminar.

NCNA President Fred G. van den Haak certainly welcomed all NCNA Members and others to
attend. Needless to say, this Seminar is open to all coin hobbyists. An on-site barbecue style
luncheon service is being anticipated along with several eateries within walking distance, and
generous Door Prizes will end the day. The Moderator will be Alexander B. ’Xan’
Chamberlain, from Palo Alto, California.

Again, admission is FREE and that includes the Museum.
Special Note: This Seminar is NOT a California State Numismatic Association (CSNA) event.
2015 Seminar Patron

To help finance this major undertaking, this year the Association is seeking and soliciting
‘Patrons’ at these levels:

GOLD MINER $100.00 Name Listed In Program
Letter Acknowledgement
Certificate
Name Posted At Seminar
Engraved ‘Tokens of Esteem’

PROPSPECTOR $50.00 Name Listed In Program
Letter Acknowledgement
Certificate
Name Posted At Seminar

Mail remittances directly to ‘PO Box 4104, Vallejo, California, 94590-0410’. All contributions
would be promptly acknowledged. So far, several have become ‘Patrons’, and the September
2015 NCNA HEADS AND TALES would have the updated roster.

In addition, NCNA is proud to recognize these three Individual Members who are major
‘Benefactors’ for this year’s Seminar: Alexander B. ‘Xan’ Chamberlain, James H. Laird, as
James and Lisa Laird, and Michael S. Turrini.

To undertake this endeavor requires solid financial underwriting. President van den Haak
appeals to NCNA Members, Individual and Club, to consider a contribution. Funds not expended
would be applied toward future Seminars.

Sidebar: The Association is committed to schedule and to arrange an annual Seminar, attracting
some of the most prominent individuals in numismatics, and several names are being studied for
the 2016 and future Seminars.

2015 Miller Medal

The deadline for written nominations for this year’s coveted ‘Miller Medal’ is June 30, 2015,
directly to President van den Haak at ‘PO Box 60484, Palo Alto, California, 94306-0484’. The
‘Miller Medal’ has been become among the most esteemed honors within organized
numismatics, and certainly worthy of nominations.

Questions can be emailed to fredvdh@gmail.com.

Donnell Awards

The Association still continues its ‘Donnell Award’, and this honor can be ascertained by
contacting and corresponding directly with Your Editor. The ‘Donnell Award’ is designated
specific by, from, and with Club Members onto their respective members.

Coin Show Schedule

Included with this NCNA HEADS AND TALES is the latest ‘Coin Show Schedule’, and as can
be read the next months have several local coin club shows scheduled. The heading of
‘Schedule’ provides the specifics for inclusion. Remember: For any local coin club to have its
Show listed, please contact and correspond directly to President van den Haak.

Commercial Shows; Are welcomed to be listed, providing these adhere to the stipulations given
by President van den Haak in his ‘President’s Message’.

2015 Dues

This NCNA HEADS AND TALES issue is being only mailed to those who renewed for 2015.
Regretfully, two long time Club Members failed to renew and were dropped.

Dues remains $5.00 for Individual Members.
Next Board of Directors Meeting
As this NCNA HEADS AND TALES issue is being prepared and printed, no specific date or site

has been decided for a Board of Directors Meeting. One or two meetings are intended before the
Seminar, however. Inquiries can be to President van den Haak as listed elsewhere.

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VIEWPOINT: I Have a Name for It

In the May 19,1998, editorial, the closing line says that numismatics is a hobby for want of a
better term. Well, I have a name for it.

Numismatics is a community. Like all communities, it is composed of several groups of people.
Ours has Collectors, Dealers, and Organizations; Numismatic Professionals; Community Newspapers
and Services; and as hangers-on, Investors and (the true undesirables) Speculators.

The major groups in our community are the first three listed. Collectors are the backbone of the
community. As a group, they are highly knowledgeable on a wide variety of subjects, including but not
restricted to, history, geography, writing, languages, art, metallurgy, mathematics, economics,

manufacturing, and the physical sciences. They love to tell others about their avocation, to share their

knowledge. They create organizations to advance knowledge of their specialty, and staff those
organizations with little thought of payment, other than the reward of accomplishment. This spirit of
volunteerism is one of the things that makes the numismatic community special.

Dealers are the merchants in the community, and they provide the means for the collector (the
consumer) to get those needed coins. Too often we hear each group bad-mouthing the other. Some
collectors think all dealers are crooks as seen in the letters to the editor column of the various journals.
Some dealers think that all collectors are a pain in the side. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Collectors need dealers as much as dealers need collectors. The two groups cannot exist without each
other. I believe that the collector who wants to pay too little is just as bad as the dealer who wants to
charge too much.

The numismatic organizations in our community serve as a binding force between all groups.
They sponsor shows and hold meetings. The shows bring collector and dealer together, and the larger
shows have representation from all the diverse elements of our community. However, it is at the local
club meetings where true numismatics happens. This is the personal, usually monthly, face-to-face
meeting of friends who gather to show off their prizes and to share and gain knowledge. Without the
foundation of the local clubs, the rest of the structure would collapse.

Most Organizations issue their own journals which contain announcements of upcoming events
and articles by members telling about their part of the hobby. Our community is also blessed with two
weekly newspapers and a variety of monthly magazines.

There are very few people who are lucky enough to be the Professionals of the community.
These are non-merchants who derive their livelihood from the community. They include the full-time
journalists and writers, and staff of the larger organizations.

While there is not a collector who does not desire a return on investment in their collections, I
submit that most are not investors. Numismatics can be a good investment as several articles in this
newspaper attest. For the most part though, numismatic items are lousy investments. There was an
attempt to treat coins as investment items in the late Eighties / early Nineties which ended in disaster.
Speculators are the true undesirables of our community. They care not for the history, lore, and beauty
of coins; their only concern is how much they can drive up the price for maximum personal gain. We
don't want them, but unfortunately they are there. Fortunately for the true citizen of the community, their
influence is currently minimal.

So there you have it: a word that truly describes numismatics. COMMUNITY!

By ‘Bob’ Fritsch

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-DITORIAL OPINION

IS BEING A COIN COLLECTING
‘ODDBALL SUCH A BAD THING?

BY STEVE ROACH / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, SROACH@COINWORLD.COM

Are numismatists oddballs, and is that
necessarily a bad thing?

Several of our eagle-eyed readers picked
up on Jessica Pressler’s March 22 review of
Kabir Sehgal’s new book Coined: The Rich Life
of Money and How its History Has Shaped Us

published in New York Times Book Review.
Pressler writes that the book’s author (an
investment banker) is “not unaware of his
privilege, and his thoughtfulness comes across
as a pleasant surprise, particularly in the latter
half of the book, where he introduces a gang

of numismatists — coin collectors — whose
hobby in the social food chain probably @
somewhere below gold bugs and just ab

Civil War reenactors.’ She adds, “Sehgal is
respectful, even affectionate toward these
oddballs,” ending the review, “Cool story, bro.”

Perhaps a harsh assessment.

Considering that, generally speaking,
numismatists are financially successful, well-
educated and among the most interesting people
I've encountered, as a numismatist, | suppose ||
wear the oddball badge with pride. ©

GUEST COMMENTARY

WE ARE BUT ‘CUSTODIANS’ OF COINS,
AND WE HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES

BY MICHAEL S. TURRINI

He had purchased it in 1934 or thereabouts as
a sophomore in high school while also working
toward his Eagle Scout badge, which he would
later achieve. It was a 1909-S Lincoln, V.D.B. cent,
already, in the struggling years of the Great
Depression, an American icon and king of coins.

He only paid 25 cents for it, which then was
actually a premium, for the same coin in the
same grade — it is at least a Fine and maybe a
Very Fine, with a good solid reverse — could
be bought through the Mail for fifteen cents;
but, when you added postage and money order
charges of the time, the quarter price was an
excellent price.

Eighty years later, Sydney M. Kass, now 93, of
Stockton, Calif., decided to sell, to part, with his
youthful purchase, and | bought it. Of course, it
cost me certainly much more than the original
price of a quarter, and the amount paid did not
include any mailing or handling charges! We
concluded the sale during the Delta Coin Club's
Annual Dinner and Installation this past January
in Stockton.

What does this simple and personal
transaction — one that is clearly remote from
the national auctions with their thousands of
lots and mega-millions in prices realized, and
from eBay sales, and so on — show or state?
Maybe not much, but there are lessons to be
learned from this transaction.

The lesson is not the rarity — a 1909-S
Lincoln, V.D.B. cent is the enduring icon in the
series but it is not a rare coin — or the youthful
purchase returning a fairly nice investment after
80 plus years. No, there are far greater lessons.

One, the 1909-S V.D.B. cent now passes into
the hands of someone who appreciates its
value and, more importantly, its provenience
and pedigree. One could remark that the “coin

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is kept in the family.’

Decades ago, Stephen M. Huston, noted
California numismatic scholar and respected
ancient coins numismatist, wrote that we are
“custodians of our coins” and as custodians
this means we have the duty, the charge, to
care and to preserve. It is concrete that Syd
protected and kept the cent in the same 2-inch
by 2-inch holder for decades, the same holder
it was in the day he walked-out of a long-gone
small coin show. Syd was a “true custodian.”

Two, this 1909-S Lincoln, V.D.B. cent — as do
numerous coins, from the Everest of rarities
down to the lowest “doggie silver dollar” —
had a story and has witnessed history, the
march of time. Syd’s cent passed through
the Great Depression; stayed safe at home
while he served as a member of “The Greatest
Generation” in World War II; was there when
his 70-year-plus marriage began with his wife,
Mary, and with the birth of their children, now
all in the 60s and older; was there when he
joined nearly 60 years ago the Delta Coin Club;
and was there as he began, worked and retired
from his commercial printing career.

Coins travel in time. Coins cannot speak.
Coins witness history and times. Coins cannot
write. But, if there are real time travelers, then it
is coins. If Syd’s 1909-S Lincoln, V.D.B. cent could
speak or write, what tales and stories it might
share of three-quarters of the 20th century and
now into the 21st century.

Three, this cent states one other lesson: the

great and valued asset of our hobby, friendship.

Syd, by his own admission, could have easily
and even earlier sold his 1909-S Lincoln, V.D.B.
cent to anyone; rather, he chose me, one who
looks upon him as a friend and mentor.

It was not the dollars possible in transactions

that brought Syd and me together decades
ago. It was the passion and devotion to our
hobby, and our hobby nurtured our friendship.
A towering proponent of organized
numismatics, Robert F. Fritsch, and | periodically
talk on that modern device, the cell phone,
and we repeatedly share that our hobby is a
community, a band and bunch of friends who
enjoy not just those round metallic objects but
the people. People collect coins; coins do not
collect people.
Four, this 1909-S Lincoln, V.D.B. cent "@

confirm investment potential. Enough ar '
websites, and discussions have already verined
that fact. But, did Syd sell it for the investment
return or did he, as a 10th grader, buy for
investment? No.

Finally, the enduring lesson from this
insignificant transaction in Stockton, Calif, on a
cold, damp, wintery Friday evening is that coins
have a power: a power to teach, to bring people
together, to create and to hold friendships, to
spark the imagination, and to make happiness.
Certainly, in that last respect, Syd was glad
when he deposited my remittance!

Decades ago, a speaker spoke before the
august American Numismatic Society, on
the occasion of its centennial. His comments
concluded that there is power in coins,
traversing millenniums, generations, and the
sum of history and the march of time. This
1909-S Lincoln, V.D.B. cent still has that power.

Yes, it was just another 1909-S Lincoln, V.D.B.
cent, not in high grade, and protected in a
cheap cardboard holder; yet, it has this story
and these lessons.

It changed hands, and the new custodian is
now charged to preserve and to secure it until
that time when it is passed , as it shall be, into
the hands of another enthralled and <@
numismatist. Such is the marvel and gra r
that is numismatics.

MICHAEL S. TURRINI just concluded his second term
as the California State Numismatic Association president.

COIN SHOW SCHEDULE

These Coin Show listings are provided as a free service to the numismatic community
by the Northern California Numismatic Association. Show listings are updated quarterly and
are available without cost to member Coin Clubs. If you would like to have a Coin Club Show
listed, please send all pertinent show information early to: N.C.N.A., Fred G. van den Haak,
P.O. Box 60484, Palo Alto, Ca. 94306-0484. If you would like a Commercial Show listed: you
need to be aN.C.N.A. member for one free annual listing. Additional listings for Commercial
shows are $15 each. You may also e mail the information to: fredvdh@gmail.com

The joint website for the Fairfield Coin Club, Solano Silver Round Club, Vallejo Numismatic Society and
Northern California Numismatic Association is: www.solanocoinclub.com and updated Show listings can be
seen on this website!

JUNE 20-1, 2015 MODESTO. Stanislaus County Coin Club’s Modesto Coin &
Collectibles Expo, Modesto Centre Plaza, 1000 L Street,
Modesto. Bourse; Dan Brown, SCCC, P.O. Box 1672, Modesto,
Ca. 95353, Phone: 1-800-471-2319 ext. 1.

July 25-6, 2015 FREMONT. Fremont Coin Club 43rd Annual Show, Elk’s Hall,
38991 Farwell Drive, Fremont, Ca. Information: (510) 792-
1511; Bourse: Vince Lacariere, P.O. Box 1401, Fremont, Ca.
94538

Aug. 9, 2015 FAIRFIELD. Fairfield Coin Club 26th Annual Coin Show, Willow
Room, Paictield Community Center (downtown) 1000 East
Kentucky off Pennsylvania. Admission $2,
card! Bourse Coordinator: Robert Belleau (707) 567-6938,
P.O.Box 944, Fairfield, CA 94533-0094

Aug, 28-30, 2015 SAN JOSE Santa Clara County Coin, Stamp & Collectibles
Show, Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, “Gateway Hall”, 344 Tully
Road, San Jose. Scott Griffin, P.O. Box 1876, Suisun, CA
94585 PPh: 415-601-8661 E Mail: scott@griffincoin.com
Info: www.griffincoin.com

Sante are 1.5 LIVERMORE. Livermore Valley Coin Club 4th Annual Fall Coin
Show, Elks Lodge, 940 Larkspur, Livermore. Bourse: Steve
Kramer, P.O. Box 610, Livermore, Ca. 94551.
Phone (925) 422-3794.

Sept. 26, 2015 VALLEJO. The 2nd Annual Northern California Numismatic
Seminar, sponsored by The Northern California Numismatic
Association. Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum, 73 Marin
Street at Capital, in Downtown Vallejo. Five speakers have been
Scheduled: Paul R. Johnson (Canada), Edgar D. Fulwider, Dr.
Robert J, Chandler, Clifford L. Mishler and David E. Harper.
Registration for this all day event begins at 9AM with
presentations beginning at 10AM; the afternoon program begins
at 2PM. This is a “FREE” event and there will be door prizes and
all interested collectors are welcome to attend. Ample free
parking is available. Updates: www.solanocoinclub.com.
Questions: EMPERORI@juno.com or 707-246-6327

Oct. 2-3, 2015
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Nov. 21-2, 2015

Jan.22-24, 2016

Nov. 6, 2016

SACRAMENTO Sacramento Valley Coin Club Annual Fall Coin
Show. Four Points by Sheraton, 4900 Duckhorn Drive,
Sacramento 95834. Hours 10AM-6PM on Friday 10AM to 6PM
and Saturday 10AM-4PM. Bourse: Robert Shanks, 10 Fox Oak
Court, Sacramento, CA 95831. Phone: 916-204-5168. Ample
Free parking. Admission $3, Under 18 FREE.

WALNUT CREEK. Diablo Numismatic Society. 19 Annual
Contra Costa Coin and Collectables Show, Elk’s Lodge 1475
Creekside Dr., Walnut Creek. Diablo Numismatic Society, P.O.
Box 177, Concord, Ca. 94522. Website: diablocoinclub.org
Bourse: James Laird (925) 200-2276. Hours: Friday 1-6PM,
Saturday 10AM-6PM and Sunday 10AM-5PM. ADMISSION $3.
STOCKTON. Delta Coin Club 51st Annual Coin Show, Eagles
Hall, 1492 Bourbon Street, Stockton. Bourse: Ruben Smith Ill,
P.O. Box 5787, Stockton, CA. 95205. Phone (209) 982-5961,
E Mail: rubensmith@hotmail.com.

ERESNOQO. Fresno Coin Club Annual Coin Show, Las Palmas
Masonic Center, 2992 E. Clinton Avenue, Fresno 93702-
2320. Bourse Chair: Richard Hunter, Phone: 559-738-8128
ADMISSION $2.

SAN JOSE. Peninsula Coin Club 36th Annual Coins and
Collectibles Show, Napredak Hall, 770 Montague Expressway, San
Jose. Bourse: Fred van den Haak, P.O. Box 60484, Palo Alto, Ca.
94306. Phone: (650) 380-4181 E Mail: fredvdh@gmail.com
SAN RAFAEL. Marin County Coin Show. Four Points Sheraton
Hotel, 1010 Northgate Drive, San Rafael. Saturday 10AM-6PM,
Sunday 10AM-5PM. Bourse: Scott Griffin, 740 Texas Street
#210, Fairfield, CA 94533. Phone: 415-601-8661. Info:
www.griffincoin.com Email: scott@agriffincoin.com Admission
$5, $2 off with coupon, good for both days.

SAN JOSE. San Jose Coin Club 48" Annual Coins and
Collectibles Show, Doubletree Hotel (Bayshore Ballroom), 2050
Gateway Place, San Jose 95110. Bourse Chair: Ray Johnson,
P.O. Box 10416, San Jose, CA 95157-1416. Phone: 408-598-
7772, Email: SanJoseCoins@aol.com Website:
www.sanjosecoinclub.org Admission $4 ($2 off with any
Show advertising!)

SAN JOSE. Peninsula Coin Club 37th Annual Coins and
Collectibles Show, Napredak Hall, 770 Montague Expressway,
San Jose. Bourse: Fred van den Haak, P.O. Box 60484, Palo
Alto, Ca. 94306. Phone: (650) 380-4181 E Mail:

fredvdh@gmail.com